On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:09:54AM -0500, Linux Rocks! wrote: > >From the Real world experience files, I did my work co-op in a govt office. > There were 170 workstations (at that time) running NT4, and we needed to > update to SP4, IE, mcafee, and a few smaller apps. The bulk of the time was > for IE, and NT4, and it took about 2 hours per workstation. The process was > about 10 pages long, and the admin worked on one workstation at a time, at > this rate, working by himself, he would have gotten it done just in time for > the next update. If this were a linux shop, I could have taken my time (like > all day If I wanted) to write a script to completely automate this process, > and have all the workstations updated overnite (note, this means no downtime > for the user too!). This way, I could have spent the rest of my time doing > better things.
With 170 linux workstations, it wouldn't even take a whole day to write a script. I'd build a local debian mirror, then push out an apt sources file and a cron job to every workstation that says to automatically upgrade off of the server. apt-get update apt-get -q -y -u upgrade Cory -- Cory Petkovsek Adapting Information Adaptable IT Consulting Technology to your (541) 914-8417 business [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.AdaptableIT.com _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
